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Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has reiterated Azerbaijan’s commitment to cooperation with Armenia to bolster regional peace and security, Azernews reports, citing the ministry. Bayramov made the remark at the 132nd session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) in Turin, Italy on May 20. The minister …

Azerbaijan and Turkey have signed a supplementary accord on amending the Procedural Agreement dated May 6, 2004, on the implementation of the agreement on cooperation in the field of social protection between the governments of the two countries, Azernews reports. The document was signed by Ministers Sahil Babayev and Vedat …

Danish transport and logistics group Maersk has launched an updated rail service that connects China and Europe, Azernews reports. Freight will be transported through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and it will take approximately 40 days to deliver rail freight to its destinations. After passing the border of Khorgos between China …

“We have also talked about the post-conflict situation in the South Caucasus. I reiterated Azerbaijan’s position that we want to see the South Caucasus as a region of peace, cooperation and interaction. I think that after the second Karabakh war, there is an opportunity to create this format of cooperation,” …

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has told Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev that energy and transportation are two main fields which the two countries can use to enhance their economic cooperation, according to IRNA. The top Iranian diplomat met with the Azerbaijani official in Tehran on Wednesday. Mustafayev, who …

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the leadership of the Ministry have attended the comprehensive training held with the Army’s Signal units and subunits”, the Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. “In the field control points, the minister, who inquired about the organization and progress of the training, was …

Relations between Pakistan and Azerbaijan will further strengthen during the latter’s chairmanship in the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization (PA ECO), Azernews reports, citing Pakistan’s National Assembly Chairman Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. Ashraf made the remarks at the third General Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Co-operation Organisation …